Darius Campbell Joins America Ferrera in the West End's Chicago

Darius Campbell will return to the West End production of Chicago as Billy Flynn when the production reopens at the Garrick Theatre on November 7. Campbell will star opposite previously announced leading ladies America Ferrera as Roxie Hart and Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly.

Campbell previously appeared in Chicago in 2006. His other West End credits include Guys and Dolls and Gone With the Wind. Campbell is the recent winner of TV's Popstar to Operastar and made his opera debut in Carmen with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The cast of Chicago will also feature James Doherty as Amos Hart, Jasna Ivir as Mama Morton and R. Whitehead as Mary Sunshine.

About to enter its 15th year in London, the revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago originally opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 18, 1997. The show recently went on a brief hiatus when it closed on August 27 at the Cambridge Theatre.